ATLANTA - Bidemi Bello will spend the next 11 years in a U.S. prison. After that she will be deported back to her native Nigeria, her luxe life in suburban Atlanta decidedly finished.

Bello, 42, was convicted for bringing two Nigerian women to the United States and forcing them to work in her plush home as slaves. U.S. District Judge William Duffey Jr. sentenced her to 140 months in jail Thursday.

Bello apologized to her two victims, present in the Atlanta courtroom to hear firsthand their abuser's punishment. Bello also apologized to her prosecutors, said U.S. Attorney Susan Coppedge.

"We are very pleased with the sentence," she said. "I think it fits the facts of the case."

Those facts amounted to "shocking modern-day slavery," said Brock Nicholson, the special agent in charge of immigration and homeland security investigations in Atlanta.

Bello had promised the two young women, identified as Laome and Dupe in court, and their families that she would send them to school in the United States, according to court documents. Instead, she beat them and abused them emotionally.

At her trial, her victims testified that she beat them if the house were not clean enough or if they did not respond fast enough to a crying child or if Bello felt they had been disrespectful. She used a large wooden spoon, shoes, electrical cords and even her bare hands.

One of the women took a picture of her bruises with a disposable camera.

Bellow lived in an upscale home with many bedrooms. But the two women slept on the floor or on a couch. They were not allowed to use the shower or eat the food they cooked. Instead, they were forced to eat that was spoiled or moldy. Laome said she often threw up and at least on one occasion, Bello made her eat her vomit.

Laome was only 17 when Bello plucked her from her home in 2001. Dupe was 20 in 2004 when she came to the United States. Both traveled on fake passports.

Neither was sent to school as promised.

All of this was going on as Bello applied for and obtained U.S. citizenship. She lost that citizenship in her sentencing Thursday.

Laome eventually escaped by hiding in a car. The driver covered her with blankets and sped off while Bello was at a party.

Dupe managed to save $60 and called a cab that drove her to a church.

A federal jury convicted Bello June 10 on eight counts: two counts each of forced labor, trafficking for forced labor and making false statements in an application to become a U.S. citizen, and one count each of document servitude and alien harboring.

A phone call to Bello's attorney was not returned Friday.

Globally, an estimated 12.3 million adults and children - 56% of whom are women and girls - are the victims of forced labor, bonded labor and sex slavery, according to the U.S. State Department. The trade puts approximately $32 billion into the pockets of traffickers each year.

Coppedge said she was sure similar cases exist in Atlanta and elsewhere in the United States.

"Unfortunately, yes," she said. "I do think there are others."

Her office urged anyone with information on a human trafficking case to contact the Atlanta FBI at (404) 679-9000.

"Let's look at some liberal Democrat President just to start.Let's look at some liberal Democrat President just to start."

If you think those guys are "liberals" then you are quite possibly the biggest imbecile on the entire Internet.

October 14, 2011 at 10:24 pm |

Paul

@"You moron" – so all blacks are liberal? Like Herman Cain?

October 15, 2011 at 12:27 am |

Whatever

During segregation the racists were Southern Democrats. Martian Luther King was a life long Republican and was his son. At the end of slavery during the 37th congress Republicans voted to free the slaves and faced fierce Democrat opposition. I will be the first to admit in the last 60 years the party has moved in the wrong direction, but there are efforts underway to take our party back.

October 15, 2011 at 1:01 am |

lorne

@truth
Not saying your facts are incorrect but those Presidents lived about 160 years ago so what exactly is the point of comparing them to any national politician today.

October 15, 2011 at 3:55 am |

notatall

Truth, you do realize that in the time period of which you speak the Democrats were the conservatives. It is not in the name of the party, but the philosophy. I am a progressive and as such I would have supported Lincoln because he was a progressive in that point in history. Today, Republicans are the conservatives and Democrats are the progressive party. How are kids getting out of schools without learning basic US history?

October 17, 2011 at 5:15 pm |

krenzny

all Nigerians are not black

October 18, 2011 at 3:52 pm |

Sean

@ KeithTexas

Abraham Lincoln was quoted as saying if he could win the war without freeing a single black man he would. But hey.. I bet you’re the type that thinks the civil war was about slavery.

You are pathetic. Evils could either be Democrat or Republicans. So it could be you, too.

October 14, 2011 at 7:40 pm |

pastafaria

@Truth Get with the times. That was true a long time ago, but it changed in 1964 when Barry Goldwater reached out to Southern racists under the guise of "states rights," setting a trend that Nixon and Reagan capitalized on, forever ruining the GOP's status as "The Party of Lincoln." If you insist on being a neocon tea-bagger idiot, at least be a well informed neocon tea-bagger idiot. Better luck next time.

Third, Nixon's absurd Southern Strategy was predicated on getting "votes". As he himself admitted, he figured Republicans would never get the black vote, and thought he could falsely entice disaffected southern Democrats to vote for Republicans. Nixon's strategy was stupid, dishonest, and it backfired, but it was hardly founded in racism.

Fourth, Republicans continued to push for civil rights legislation even after the 60's. In fact, the last major piece of Civil Rights law - the 1991 Civil Rights Amendments - was passed under the first Bush. And you know what those amendments did? They expanded remedies, causes of action, and damages for women and minorities who suffered, for instance, discrimination in employment.

And why was it necessary to pass the 1991 Amendments? Because, ironically, the "liberal" wing of the Supreme Court kept reading the 1964 Civil Rights Act ever more narrowly.

October 14, 2011 at 8:42 pm |

Nah

Cute, it didn't post the first half.

October 14, 2011 at 8:42 pm |

Nah

pasta: Retrying to post this.

First, Goldwater's position against the 1964 Act was not predicated on race, but on state's rights. That is, in his view the Federal government did not have the power to enact sweeping legislation under the Commerce Clause, when that legislation's connection to interstate commerce was attenuated at best.

October 14, 2011 at 8:48 pm |

Nah

pasta: And for the second portion:

Second, considering that Republicans wrote and passed - along with the moderate Democrats - the 1964 Act, they continued to be the "party of Lincoln" through 1964, regardless of what Goldwater did.

It's ironic that you tell someone to "get informed" when you know nothing yourself.

October 14, 2011 at 8:49 pm |

hmmm

Its a little funny to read the replies to this post. While it is a fact that most blacks vote Democrat and perhaps it is more likely for a Republican to be in favor of slavery (not sure this is a fact), the finger-pointing based on stereotypes (and the backlash for using stereotypes) in an effort to desparately tie this woman with a political party is a bit amusing. As if whatever party to which she belongs would be exposed as in favor of slavery or villified by this women's action. I mean the logic is pretty funny. "I'm a liberal no way would i treat someone like that" to prove that the woman was a Republican was one of the best.
This should have been an easy topic for a majority of us to get behind; but instead the important issue falls to the side in the name of pointless political squabbling to cast the "enemy party" in a poor light. Well done.

Republican would be more likely to support slavery? You're kidding, right?

October 14, 2011 at 8:40 pm |

alwaystomorrow

Republican in support of slavery? Dude, whatever you're smoking – get off it. Please name me one, just ONE republican of any merit, or political power of influence who supports any such notion or belief.

October 14, 2011 at 9:01 pm |

hmmm

This whole post is based on the "stereotypical" political party member and aligning the woman with that stereotype. Some stereotypes were based on facts and some on speculations (for the Democrats, the steroetypical Republican would be more in favor of slavery). I based this on the basis of comments in the post. I was only trying to state the stereotypes being portrayed, not side with any of them. (I could have said that the Republican stereotype was speculative; but assumed that "not sure if this is a fact" comment indicated that the validity of the claim was questionable.

The fact remains that very few on both sides would support this woman's action. The political squabbling over what her political party she belongs to (and the finger pointing) is hillarious as it serves no purpose but to cause division on a topic that we almost all agree on.

October 14, 2011 at 9:19 pm |

Dennis

Nah – Iowa Republican party wants to abolish the 13th Amendment.

October 14, 2011 at 9:26 pm |

DougB

It's also funny that you are trying to apply logic and reason (however true) to a CNN forum. Have you even *read* any of these before? 🙂

October 14, 2011 at 9:37 pm |

hmmm

I've been reading CNN comments for a long time. I knew the odds coming in. 🙂

October 14, 2011 at 9:59 pm |

shimon

uhh, have you ever heard of Rush Limpbaugh? Nuff said...

October 15, 2011 at 12:20 am |

Alverant

@alwaystomorrow
George W Bush. Under his reigeme investigations into businesses hiring illegal immigrants, sweat shops, and violations of worker safety regulations went way down.

October 15, 2011 at 12:44 am |

Hammertime

hmmm

You are one of the few people on the blog who makes any sense. Most would rather squabble over politics than help eradicate the world of this evil.

are you guys for real? She obviously is not involved in American politics or is in any way American because otherwise she'd know that slavery is ILLEGAL. I'm surprised nobody tried to call her a communist, marxist, anarchist, totalitarian or from the green party. It seems though that the commenters belong to the troll "I'm gong to make sure I start an argument online with strangers by saying something other trolls will respond to" party.

These comments are really pathetic. The matter is two innocent woman were forced into slavery.
... What's even worse is that in Nigeria the treatment of maids is often too close to what was described above, but we don't see anyone there getting convicted 11 yrs for it.

I am so glad this is being exposed! there are more modern day slaves than there ever were during the Atlantic Slave trade days! it is sickening and sad but i know that getting informed is the first step to solving the problem. thank you CNN for reporting this.

This is true. It is important to note, however, that though there are more slaves than ever, a smaller percentage of the world's population is enslaved than at any point in history. The situation is actually much better now than it was in the past. It is just that our world population is so much larger that even a smaller percentage can be a greater total number. Also, unlike in the past, most forms of slavery are illegal everywhere and now must occur under the radar. This just goes to show that progress can be made and should continue to be made.

ummmm did you see "After that she will be deported back to her native Nigeria" she was Nigerian....she is black..thus...a lib.

October 14, 2011 at 5:48 pm |

grumpy

"she is black..thus...a lib."

And you're a swine... thus a repuglican

October 14, 2011 at 5:53 pm |

You moron

Hurts to actually see truth.....sorry but your welfare state will be turned back over to people that can run a country. You may have to work for a living and not off of us that DO work. Even your lib friend in this article knew get over on others work.

October 14, 2011 at 5:58 pm |

rehabman

Funny, there aren't any Americans anymore, just Liberals and Republicans. Maybe our children will do better after the country falls.

October 14, 2011 at 6:09 pm |

LAXMIA

Republican thinking sequence:
1. Make the working class work harder.
2. Pay the working class as little as possible, tax the middle class and give the super rich tax breaks.
3. Don't pay the working class anything at all if you can get away with it.
4. Isn't point 3 slavery? No, it's not slavery. It's just liberal whinning.

October 14, 2011 at 6:14 pm |

mercy

at LAXMIA-you go!
How in the world did the term "liberal whining" become part of our common lexicon? It is a shameless and stupid attempt by the right to color us as wimpy when, in actuality, I have never seen as many flaccid headed m.f. republicans scurry and hide when any issue comes across their table which might result in (EEEEK) tax hikes! God forbid.

October 14, 2011 at 6:57 pm |

JT

@ You Moron: So Cain is a Lib then by your definition? You're such an 1diot.

October 14, 2011 at 10:13 pm |

Anthony

I think something as serious as this, deserves a tasteful response. People wonder why the issue of slavery is so serious with a lot of people. This has nothing to do with Democrat, Republican or whatever. IT'S wrong!

While I am farely sure there are whites/caucasians in Nigeria, I am also sure that this woman was black. And although I am positive that "you moron" is a racist I am also positive that no one can demean and degrade black people as effectively as black people.

October 14, 2011 at 6:33 pm |

futurelawyer2005

@knowno...so true! never seen as much violence as black on black violence lmao

October 14, 2011 at 8:25 pm |

Saddened

Your ignorance is plain as day. This woman deserves far more than 11 years – politics have nothing to do with it.

It's DISGUSTING that people hide behind a little anonymity on comment boards everywhere – yet they would never dream of saying such things to the face of a person they work with every day, whom they probably have no idea what their political leanings are.

We'd resolve a lot more of our problems if hate and politics took a back door to kindness and pragmatism.

I guess you never learned how to read. The story describes a woman from nigeria. do you know where nigeria is? Africa. thus she is a black woman doing it to her own. Let's not forget as history repeats itself..

All Africans are not black! Some people are just ignorant and talk without facts.

October 14, 2011 at 6:59 pm |

melvinslizard

All indigenous Africans ARE black...

October 17, 2011 at 2:14 pm |

melvinslizard

Here's one for you... Did you hear about the mentally handicapped people that were found chained in a Pennsylvania basement this weekend with horrible injuries and evidence that they had been locked in the basement for weeks? Did you see the mugshots of those arrested? Slaves... and not a southern white man in sight. How did that happen???

Doesn't she know there are web pages where you can find people who are willing to be slaves? They are very submissive and enjoy being slaves. There are all kinds of s&m ads, just go to one of those sites and find some submissive people you can tie, torment and have work for you. You can also find dominating people that will happily train submisives into complete house slaves. Just do a searh for b&d or s&m personals. At least that way everybody wins and you won't get arrested becasue your "slaves" will always be happy.

conveniently, the ones who seem to forget that throughout the hisotry of America, are the blacks. What happened during our beginnings as a country was hideous, but to be a modern day black person, and continue to try to ride that lame old horse is beyond pathetic. It screems "wah, wah, wah"
Dear Black America: There is no conspiracy to keep you down, because quite frankley, the average white person is too busy trying to keep their own heads above water, and have been doing so since at least my entire 52 years, to find the luxery of free time to actually get together and come up with plans and methods and ways to keep you down!!! Geez, really, do you think you are that freeking special that white people take that kind of time out of our work, and family lives to perpetuate some ridiculous scheme like that??? How paranoid is that? how egocentric and ethnocentric are you?

Why don't you research how RICH Jessie Jackson is for all the benefit he has ever actually parlayed to you? Or Al Sharpton? Are you living thier lifestyles, or are they just making bank off of you? Who's keeping whom down? Why don't you learn about how districts where you live are re-worked so that they remain DEMOCRAT blocks. How do DEMOCRATS affect you? By making sure you vote as they always TAUGHT you to vote. They don't believe in your rights. Get a grip, get educated and stop believing that you are actually exersizing the FREEDOM you ACTUALLY have in this country. God almighty, get off the white people ass!! Own your situation and IMPROVE it. And no, that doesn't mean riot in the streets, or send out more freaking rap artists...geez, for the days of real talent in the black community: I miss it, don't you?

October 14, 2011 at 7:47 pm |

Weezie

Being black dosen't automatically make you a Liberal, because I'm pretty sure Herman Cain isn't exactly sporting a sun tan.

Really? No brain? Well Cain sure seems to have done well enough that your insult is obviously inaccurate. Must have problems with facts.

October 14, 2011 at 6:54 pm |

melvinslizard

...or a Clinton

October 17, 2011 at 2:29 pm |

Lori Steele

At her trial, her victims testified that she beat them if the house were (WAS-check subject verb agreement) not clean enough or if they did not respond fast enough to a crying child or if Bello felt they had been disrespectful.
Instead, they were forced to eat (??????? FOOD) that was spoiled or moldy. Laome said she often threw up and at least on one occasion, Bello made her eat her vomit.
+++++ Come on CNN please try to find decent editors! These are basic grammatical errors. I would be happy to have the job.

The use of "were" instead of "was" is not an error. The if clause requires the subjunctive form, which in this case is "were". But thanks for the irony. Your example about the word "food" being omitted is a typographical error, not a grammar error. Nice try, Lori.

To most of u that put such uglyness in print. You must all be from the south were it was and has been ok to do this(slavery). Your little dumce uniform must be hanging in your family closet of heirloms.you r all a bunch of morons.

Talk about ugliness in print. This is laughable, to use such blatant bigotry as a broad brush to paint the entire south racist. Not to mention you have never even met the people making these comments. Way to stoop to their level, and lose all credibility. Please keep the hypocrisy out of the comment section. There is enough of it blasted all over the walls of cnn's newsroom

The descendants of slaves are not slaves. So stop whinning idiot. If you look at history, it was the Africans that sold their people into slavery. So if you want justice, then maybe Africans should come up with some money or reparation. Fat chance of that happening.

Finally a good idea! Why in the heck would we pay to incarcerate this idiot for 11 years before we send her back. Confiscate all her assets. Going back to Nigeria with no money is probably worse than one of our prisons!

I'm kind of wondering... did she keep a gun to their heads? Cause that's the only way you would get me to do what you want. But, better not close your eyes for one second or you'll be dead. They managed to save $60 and even escape in a car... but they could just walk to a neighbors house and tell them to call for help?

Thses girls are new to this country, she is supposed to show them the ropes here, and also remmeber they are coming from a very backward society where law enforcement officers cannot be trusted. they needed to wisen up as we say, unfortunately they met a monster.

Your ignorance suggests you support slavery, as well, as you are hopelessly chained up in STUPID.

October 17, 2011 at 2:21 pm |

melvinslizard

Did you hear about the mentally handicapped people that were found chained in a Pennsylvania basement this weekend with horrible injuries and evidence that they had been locked in the basement for weeks? Did you see the mugshots of those arrested? Slaves... and not a southern white man in sight. How did that happen???

Like most misconceptions the white man did not start slavery, blacks invented slavery and started protesting when the Arabs turned the tables on them and started selling them to the white man. Slavery has been going on forever and there is more slavery in the world than ever.

Wow, that's news to me...Inaccurate news, but hey, whatever makes your righteous indignation boat float. Every credible history of humanity that I've read indicates slavery dates back to prehistoric man (that's B.C. "before Christ's Era" for those who begin humanity with Genesis). And while life did begin in Africa, I am pretty sure that doesn't mean blacks hold the patent on slavery. It existed in prehistoric times in many cultures and is acknowledged by most archeologists and historians as an established custom in many parts of the world occurring simultaneously. Who knew...humans can be cruel, regardless of ethnicity. Oh wait...we do have you...

The White Man did invent or start slavery but he sure did exploit slavery. Because when the white man became slave master, he took slavery into a total different level. Slavery in Africa was completely different than in America. A slave in Africa could after a period of time could become a warrior or important part of the tribe that captured him after proving his worth. A female slave could actually marry into the tribe. But in the white man's America's 99% of blacks born into slavery died in slavery unless they escaped.

Is Bello white or black? Don't get stupid now, it does make a difference. Where is the out cry about this? The marches, the blacks, the liberals, talking smack...if it was a white person doing this...but being just a black doing "it", the slavery thing, it seems to be a subdued issue, why? That is why it is important to see if the person who did this crime is black or white, because the response is different. It's called hyprocrisy.

Well Chris with a comment like that I would say your about 15 years old, a liberal, an extremely naive to the world. Maybe your all three, but one thing for sure, you need to read more and get off the computer games.

Touche Ryan, in my haste to question Chris' (or is it Chris's?) outlook on the article, I used the second person possessive adjective instead of the one with the contraction. You are absolutely correct, but noticing that these websites lack much English perfection I was surprised that you singled me out for a lesson in proper grammar.And then sir, to call me the perjorative, 'fudge-stick', with no meaning whatsoever, can only lead me to call you a 'dip-stick'. That sir, has meaning.

October 14, 2011 at 7:30 pm |

JomoDaMusicMan

Idiot, this woman is Nigerian and she brought these Nigerian women with her to America. And u never know whats gonna happen to her in Jail. No doubt some sista there will make her their servant. Also, some of u have no knowledge of history, many blacks had ambition to become free and then free their people but there were some Clarence Thomases, Herman Cain's who were so brainwashed by White's that they only wanted freedom for themselves to gain wealth so they could buy black slaves of their own. This is a fact and main reason why there is so much black on black hate in America

I know people bash slavery, but I think slavery is pretty hip. I would like to see it make a comeback. Could you imagine walking down Manhatten with slave in shackles!? What a status symbol! I want me one of those!

Down deep there are many of u RedNecks that crave for the power to be Slave Master again. This is one reason why WE Blacks will never let u forget about slavery and injustice so that we can say "NEVER, NEVER, NEVER AGAIN." but if slavery starts up again, THE BLACK MAN WILL BE YOUR SLAVE MASTER AND U WHITE MAN WILL BE THE SLAVE

not a surprise at all. When you import 3rd world people into a modern western nation they often bring their 3rd world ways with them. this is something that the american people and their leaders seem to fail to understand.

How unfortunate that we as a society have to use our resources to jail her high maintenance self for 11 years... I'd rather see her deported immediately or at the very least, sentence her to non-stop cleaning and cooking until she drops for same duration of time...

Those of you using this story to attack each other over political inclination are about as dumb and incapable of empathy as the woman in the story. You're doing the same thing, albeit on a smaller scale, but the same thing nevertheless. People in general are bewilderingly stupid.

why would ask a generation of dunce cap wearing bigoits? They were raised stupid, ignorant with very little schooling.and she would have to be a demacrote cause all the rich one seem to be in office tehe tehe.

noemi, clearly you know nothing about the south in America.. Too bad for you, as with all truly narrow minded people, no matter where they come from, they never go very far now do they? Dunce cap wearing bigots? Is your first grade primer from Russia, or Cuba? Hmmm... makes me wonder, but not suprised that someone (such as yourself) tries to throw such antiquated crap into a forum. Silly you, just shows your lack of education.

You think education is expensive? Look how much ignorance costs..........

well, well nice to see that blacks are finally responsible for slavery. Wow I wish this is made public and a big deal is made of it. Then maybe black americans will shut up and admit that africans are also involoved in slavery and not just whites. I never thought I would say this. Thank you CNN for publishing this.

Ha Ha...Atlanta, GA has many, many more slaves from Kenya and Nigeria. I know, I met the owners when I was there for a presentation conference. And, don't forget the slaves in Wash, D.C. they're in the closets when they return to sleep at 1 a.m. only to get up at 4 a.m. to get the morning breakfast going for those "rich Congress" folks.

so, you know about illegal activity (not to mention the inhumaness of it) and you do and say nothing about it? You just post a stupid remark on a blog?? really Kuddln, are you a part of the problem, because clearly, you are not a part of the solution, so why waste your keystrokes?

I'm thinking you should crawl back into whatever closet you peeked out of for the evening...oh, and try to find a conscience while you sleep tonight, maybe it will come to you.

i think all of u are idiots! this has nothing to do with politics its about two women beaten and tortured. it should have been some of you guys so you can know what it feels like. then maybe you wont come out of your mouths so ignorant.

exactly, dear State of Georgia (my birthplace): here's a way to cut some of the bloat in spending – deport this nasty excuse for a human back to her own birthplace and let them do with her what they deem appropriate. As a taxpayer, I demand that I not spend one precious cent of my income on this POS. And make her pay for the court costs please, it is only right and fair.

Id request a 3rd world waste of a human to let them suck up my AC (but Id give them decent food – not vomit, and a bed to keep em happy) in exchange for work around the house, just dont beat them, and ask for s e x instead of forcing it if thats something that interests you about them

well at least they have more space than the 5 x 5 cube I'm forced to sit all day long sitting staring at a computer I don;t owned and being yell at by people I don't know day in day out making just enough to pay live in a low class neighborhood and eating ramen and the ocasional cheeseburger. Oh yeah I also forgot backstabbing by coworkers and reporting to many evil ungrateful slave drivers aka bosses. America WHAT a GREAT country to live in.

Must we forget that blacks happily sold millions of other blacks into bondage in their native Africa and made profit off the h*ll of their own people? These people aren't as evolved. Violence runs in their blood. Even the earliest recorded incidents of slavery came from NW Africa....don't forget to read up on slavery practiced by the Egyptian pharaoh, most notably against Hebrews lmao Being ENslaved was fair play. Ship 'em ALL back! For all those m0r0ns that can't spell or use proper grammer on here, please use the educational system your forefathers sacrificed everything for.

futurelawyer; much as it pains me to point this out, you are the one who brought up the subject. Grammar – G R A M M A R.
No E.

Please also note that on a forum this maybe isn't a big deal, but hopefully the courts in America will still insist that you, or your scribe actually know how to spell. It does matter. You can not make an eloquent point effectively if you can not actually spell.

Please do not ever fancy yourself an unbiased person, ready to defend without PREJUDICE, seeking only truth. At best, you would make a great proesecutor who only goes for the kill, without regard for morality, truth, or ethics,. That is what we have learned about you from your post. You are a bigot,and you actually are not at all mature enough to be a futurelawyer in any time frame.

You guys are all right! And, since I'm not too much of a jerk, I won't point out where each one of you also used terrible grammar, punctuation and capitalization as well in your responses to me. But, I will say this: since I am vibrantly employed, with initials next to my name that have the word "Doctorate" in them, and you guys probably belong to the 9.2% of unemployed U.S. citizens with lots of free time to edit other responses, I will cut you some slack and be forgiving. After all, your excellent proofreading skills are hard to come by, especially given all of the other disastrously written responses besides yours.

October 17, 2011 at 8:20 pm |

Kevin

Why is everyone talking about politics instead of the bad grammar in this story? >.<

The irony does not get much more acute than this story. Of all the people to practice slavery, a Black African does it. (I've seen the mugshot.) . Of all the places to implement slavery, the Deep South is chosen. Well, expect a new movie to replace the epic "Gone With the Wind" ; maybe something like "Look What the Wind Returned".

This is not slavery but we will call it whatever the law calls it . Asian do it all the time. go to China, your niece begs you to come work for you in the US as your nanny or Chef. your niece gets to the US, starts going to the malls, seeing pretty girls who work at fancy stores...now she wants to be like them...she either runs a way or , do you in as her slave master. ..and voila, you are in jail

If she is not a slave she does not have to run away. She can quit and find another job. You can sue her for the money you spent to get her here if you want but you can not hold her and force her to work against her will. I you do it is called slavery and it is illegal in this country. If you are going to live here you have to abide by our laws and one of those laws says you cannot hold people against their will. End of subject.

October 17, 2011 at 7:24 pm |

Luek

So, you can enter the US on a fake passport and not get prosecuted for it? The US used to be a great country. It just doesn't pack the gear anymore.

i agree what happened to the girls are terrible – but what about the entering illegally? We can't pay for all 3 of these people and support our own US citizens. They all need to be deported – we have this happening with our own citizens as well.

I am truly sorry that I began reading all of this. I don't believe I've ever seen a larger collection of idiots commenting on a very sad story. It simply doesn't matter if she was a Republican, Democrat, Socialist, Communist, or whatever. She is a very sorry example of a human being, and should have been deported immediately instead of taxpaying citizens having to support her in prison for 11 years.

AFTER ALL THE SUFFERING THOSE POOR WOMEN HAVE BEEN THROUGH THEY DESERVE TO BE GIVEN AMERICAN CITIZENSHIP RIGHT NOW!!! AND BY THE WAY JAMO.. I'M NOT ONLY A WHITE MAN WHO OPPOSES SLAVERY EVERYWHERE, BUT I'M HERE TO TELL YOU IT WAS TENS OF THOUSANDS OF WHITE MEN WHO GAVE THEIR LIVES FOR SLAVERY TO BE ABOLISHED IN THIS COUNTRY. SO WITH ALL DUE RESPECTS.. SHUT UP!!!

Umm, I don't understand how in the world this woman was able to travel to the country and then have 2 slaves, which by the way were from the same country as her? lol, what the heck is going on here? Maybe I just skimmed through the article too fast. Weird.

This woman brought two individuals here, made them her slaves, and actually thought she could get away with it (just because she had money and they were desperate). That firstly leads me to assume that she has difficulty with the English language and very little comprehension of our laws and values – let alone the ability to follow political pundits and decipher the difference between republicans and democrats. And secondly, even if she called herself a democrat, she was still a republican.

I wonder why these girls just didn't just walk over to a neighboring house and tell them what was happening. If someone knocked on my door and told me that my neighbor was a slaver not only would i call the police, but I would probably walk over there and attempt to knock her teeth down her throat. How dare this foreign trash come over to this country with our history and bring slaves and then dare try to call herself and American.

I am a of Nigerian descent and there is always a lot more to these stories than meets the eye. Every time my uncle travels to Nigeria, friends and family offer their teenagers as "Nannies" with hopes that my uncle will bring these kids to the US for a good life. These people are so desperate to sent their kids to the US by all means. fast forward 10 yrs, the Nanny has seen the good life of other Nigerians in the US and now, she wants independence but at a price...and the price is to start building incriminating evidence against someone who fed her, clothed her and paid her for the initially agreed upon service. God bless the US as i respect and appreciate everything this country stands for. Laws that protects against forced labor, trafficking for forced labor are all well and good until the gray area incriminates a person just because someone was able to flip the system to their own advantage. Sad to see something that probably started out as a "huge favor" ending up as "jail time". won't be surprised of some of Bidemi Bello's friends, who wished they had two nannies. were the ones who colluded with the girls and framed this as a slavery case.

While I agree with 99% of your post, you are sanitizing the reality of this woman's behavior. The "master's" behavior was predatory from the very beginning. Going out of your way to hire two illegal aliens so you can pay them less than the law allows, control them more than the law allows, and report less taxes at the end of the year is illegal for a reason. The physical abuse, etc., only serves to make a criminal situation worse, regardless of whether the "employees" quality of life was better while "enslaved."

Tola, I am sorry to say but some Nigerians are wicked. They come to the United States and want to act like big Madam and they bring little kids (mostly girls) from Nigeria to be their slaves and house girls. They make her feel like her life is so much better here than back home while all the time they are just using her for their own benefit. Trust me, I know plenty of people that this happened to and I am glad this is finally getting exposed. Some Nigerians look at this and say it is the culture but this is not Nigeria and the laws of this country takes precedence over culture.

Eleven years seems kind of a light sentence to me. Well maybe the sista's in prison will keep her occupied with a broomstick and then thankfully she'll be deported. What a disgusting person. These are the kind of 3rd world immigrants we don't need in this nation.

This woman wasn't a liberal, conservative, democrat or republican. She was just a person who believed in forced or bonded labor. She apologized to her victims but she didn't mean it, all she was sorry for was getting caught. Big deal 11 years in prison-she received 1 year more in prison than the young woman she kept as a slave for 10 years. She's lucky to serve 11 years in a US prison compared to a prison in Nigeria.

Many people who immigrate to the US, from repressed cultures or regimes, usually don't leave behind their belief systems about race, gender, or economic status. If you think bigotry or prejudice is bad in the US, just look around the world, and really see how racism and cultural or religious repression effect the way people think and live and react to diversity. Many places don't encourage freedom of speech or religious and political freedom. Protesting or even being an advocate for justice could mean death or familial persecution. Economics...forget it...especially in societies where corruption and poverty are rampant. Although the woman who enslaved those other women is Black, she may come from an ethnic mindset that assumes another ethnic group from her society is inferior...even if they are also Black. This is a fact everywhere....no matter what the color of the skin is.

The commenters on this article are in large part sick men. Why does every article concerning anything about women always attract these hateful sick comments from men? It does not show very much respect on the part of the male gender. Sad.

Just wondering if anyone wants to talk about the atrocity of human trafficking and that it's taking place here in the United States? Or would you rather avoid the real issue by making it a political/racial issue? How about we get rid of the negativity and spend time DOING something about this horrible reality. I'm going to do some research and see how I can become part of the solution.

Wow, what a powerful story and message for those who traffic humans; this is a serious issue and Americans should be aware – unfortunately, most of the comments I've seen posted on this issue are completely misguided and worthless...I'm disappointed in the format that some of you choose to push your political agendas and to criticize others. Please refrain from posting ignorant statements on this site and contributing the decline of morality in America.

WHITES AREN’T WELCOME IN AMERICA ANY LONGER !!! OUT OF AMERICA WITH WHITES NOW !!!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_xGfYOAydjw OR http://www.youtube.com/user/BostjanAvsec <== OBAMA'S HEALTH CARE RECORDED LIVE IN 2009. These are hard facts about lunatic Obama/Bush's twilight zone administrations(HORROR) or genocide against white population

Ask your local newspaper/media why do they keep silent about crime/genocide !!? Ask them why do they KNOWINGLY participate in crime/genocide !!! BECAUSE SILENCE = CRIME !!!

ANTI WALL-STREET PROTESTS ARE ALSO KNOWN UNDER ZIONIST "TRANSFER OF OWNERSHIP" IN AMERICA !!! TRANSFER OF OWNERSHIP FROM HANDS OF WHITE AMERICANS TO SO CALLED "MINORITIES"(COMMUNISM) http://multiculturalismisterrorism.blogspot.com/

THEY WERE MURDERING YOU WITH AND INSIDE OF THEIR CORPORATIONS FOR OVER 66 YEARS !!! THEY HAVE CLOSED DOWN ALMOST EVERY SMALL COMPANY(FARMS) IN UNITES STATES OF AMERICA AND NOW, THEY WANT YOU TO GO OUT THERE AND PROTEST FOR THEM AGAINST WALL STREET(because corporations = Wall-street) !!!

THEY CRIME CONTEMPLATED AGAINST US PER EQUAL EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITY COMMISSION FOR OVER 66 YEARS AND NOW, THEY WANT YOU TO RAISE COMMUNIST FLAG UNDER AMERICAN SKY !!! ONE RACE; RAT RACE(Wall street protesters are Obama's raise of the planet Apes army which spread from London per Zionist Washington DC and communist Moscow where new Stalin is in place – PUTIN) !!!

IF YOU PROTEST(YOU SHOULD), MAKE SURE TO RAISE SIGN WHERE DISPLAYED I CITE "66 YEARS OF GENOCIDE AGAINST WHITES IS NO LONGER ACCEPTABLE" OR GET LOST HOME IF NOT ALREADY HOMELESS(I despise people who starve to death out there and are afraid to say out loud what is truth...I despise people who only see themselves and do NOT care even about children of their own...children who will be turned one day in white refugees as seen on above video thanks to their parents who are awaiting...awaiting in fear to become homeless and what is inevitable at any given moment) !!!

CREATE AWARENESS AND POST THIS VERY SAME VIDEO ON﻿ YOUR YOUTUBE CHANNEL.

WAKE UP YOUR FRIENDS AND SAVE YOURSELF FROM AGONY(did you know that over one hundred million of so called minorities lives already in United States very today and as a result, over 450 million whites worldwide were murdered with economic genocide/oppression since WWII just as seen and proven in above video !!?)...

THERE IS ESTIMATED THAT ONGOING GENOCIDE TREND WILL CONTINUE TO GO ON FOR AT LEAST ANOTHER﻿ 50 YEARS IF NOT DESTROYED(is completed only 30% so far) AND IS ONLY MATTER OF TIME WHEN YOU ARE NEXT IN LINE FOR﻿ THE SAKE OF MULTICULTURALISM(TERRORISM)...

911 WAS CREATED FOR﻿ PEOPLE TO WAKE UP(deliberately by CIA)....HOWEVER, WAKE UP EITHER WHAT IS TRUTH(sanity) OR WAKE UP TO LIES(insanity =﻿ with what your self elected governments have brainwashed you when forcefully jobless/persecuted....therefor­­e, I want you to think about "WAKE UP" when watching next time ALEX JONES = CIA)

WHEN YOU WAKE UP, I WANT YOU TO WAKE TO YOURSELF AND NOT TO SOMEONE ELSE'S DREAM (ZIONIST/COMMUNIST/LIBERAL DREAM CATCHERS/THIEFS, WHO PLOTTED 911 TO WAKE YOU AFTERWARDS WITH ECONOMIC OPPRESSION IN A WORLD OF LIES !!!)﻿

HOW DO YOU KNOW WHAT TRUTH IS !!? WHATEVER YOU WERE BORN IS WHAT YOU ARE(truth therefore) AND FOR WHATEVER REASONS YOU HAVE CHANGED(distorted yourself) SINCE 9/11 IS WHAT YOU ARE NOT !!!

IS IT INDEPENDENCE THAT WE CELEBRATE OR DEPENDENCE (what are your credit card bills or alimony saying about it) !!? HOW IS YOUR DIABETES AND LOST MARRIAGES !!? FORECLOSURES AND JOB SEARCH !!? THAT IS THE QUESTION TO BE OR NOT TO BE !!! IS IT LAND OF THE FREE OR STATE OF TERROR AGAINST OWN WHITE POPULATION !!? IT IS TIME TO LET THEM KNOW WHAT COLOR ARE THE STRIPES ON OUR STAR SPANGLED BANNER !!! TIME TO DETERMINE WHOSE INDEPENDENCE/AMERICA, WE CELEBRATE TODAY(who wants to erase us and denies us the right to exist) !!! IT IS IMPORTANT TO KNOW WHOM WE ADDRESS WITH "PRESIDENT" (STOP HUMILIATING YOURSELF) !!!

YES , WE CAN..YES , WE CAN..WE WILL WIN IN WAR ON TERROR (30 whities or what are terrorists will never come back alive due to Afghanistan helicopter crash...thank you lord..aamen).

Whitie is fighting war on terrorism just to come home and be pronounced as terrorist...turned in Timothy, jobless, homeless ..YESSS, WE CAN....FISH CAN & TENT CITY USA CAN...GABBY OPENED HER EYES CAN(psycho Tucson)

OS(B)AMA IS MOVING OUT OF AFGHAN FEW DAYS AFTER MY POSTING ONLINE(out of Iraq few months before elections) AND IS WILLING TO IMPROVE ECONOMY(genocide against whites) FEW MONTHS AHEAD OF ELECTIONS(what is the difference between temporary and permanent jobs in USA!!?) !!

ALL THESE JUST SO YOU CAN CLICK AGAIN ON ELECTRONIC VOTING MACHINES WHICH CAN BE ALL CONTROLLED(AND ARE CONTROLLED OR COMPUTER OPERATED) FROM A SINGLE CELLULAR PHONE(for entire USA)...JUST SO YOU CAN CHOSE AGAIN BETWEEN WHATEVER WAS ALREADY CHOSEN FOR YOU TO CHOOSE FROM BY ZIONIST/JEWISH LOBBY IN WASHINGTON DC.

Don't worry O(s)bama, you have just saved lots of Dollars in your DEBT DEALS(DEAD & ILL) as those America best (Navy Seals) would also grew older and then you already know how it goes !!!

WAKE-UP !!! WAKE UP PEOPLE BEFORE IT GETS ALL TO LATE ON PLANET APE !!! TEARS WON'T DO YOU ANY GOOD !!! AS BUSH STATED "THAT'S WHAT THEY ARE PAID FOR"(to die ) !! STOP THE GOVERNMENT TERRORISM AND TERROR AGAINST WHITES WORLDWIDE IN THE NAME OF MULTYCULTURALISM OR NWO !!

EVEN IF IRAQ WOULD BE WAR FOR OIL, VETERANS WOULDN'T NEVER EVER HAVE TO BE HOMELESS PEOPLE THE WAY THEY ARE AND NOR WOULD OUR PEOPLE DIE ALLOVER THE PLACE THEY DO AND TO VERY TODAY(never ending war story)...BECAUSE EVEN IF WAR WAS FOR THE SAKE OF MONEY, MONEY SHOULD BE USED FOR AMERICAN CITIZENS AND NOT WHAT THE CASE IS OR AGAINST WHITES(66 YEARS AFTER WWII, THEY HAVE EATEN YOU IN AND OUT LIKE IN GERMANY PRIOR TO WWII...all your sacrifice during WWII was for nothing and the worse is yet to come in America)...

This is just an opinion, but what do u think these brave women were forced to do at Bello's little private parties? She might last one week in prison. But since she had such a plush life she might last a day in there. Sorry about your luck, Bello. I guess i sound a bit harsh, but this is only an opinion.

Thank God she is in jail,do you know that this woman learn from each other so I believe there is a lot of monsters of this our black devilish here in America.Is there no law abiding the imigration to check on this suspecting Nigerian woman in the US.

REALLY?! "My people perish from a lack of knowledge...Hosea 4:6!!!!!!!" This is extremely sad!!!!! The fact our hearts are
so cold to say such awful remarks, our hearts are no better then the offender herself. After this tragic event we still don't see the big picture!!!! I'm saddened by my nation hearts. What she did was a terrible thing (I'm not justifying her in anyway) but sitting around adding ridiculous comments don't add to the efforts of becoming a better/peaceful world. For in the same way you judge others, you will be judged....Matthew 7:2

Hmm... "liberal" vs "Republican". How is it that such prose befalls the unintended? "Liberal" might be related to liberation or freedom; such an application, I would suppose, be a connotation of any person in America. We love our "freedom" yet the "liberals" seem to exclusively be exclusive of those who would be "Republican". How distasteful of such a concept. I am certain that Ike Eisenhower would have had a bit to say about that!

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